Definition of suck ups

suck up

noun

a person who behaves overly fawning so as to win favor. Hyphenated.

Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

verb

to be overly fawning so as to win favor.
I think the only reason he got the promotion is because he's always sucking up to management.

Last edited on Sep 05 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

+	Add a definition for this slang term

Share Tweet E-mail	More info:	Interactive stats:
Share Tweet E-mail	R Related words	Usage Vulgarity SlangMap

Related words

Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'miscellaneous insults (list of)':
bootlicker	Definitions include: an obsequious person; "suck-up".
santorum	Definitions include: A term invented in 2003 by American columnist Dan Savage to disparage US Senator Rick Santorum due to his statements about homosexuality.
gump	Definitions include: a tall clumsy person.
stiff	Definitions include: to not leave a gratuity.
'c' word	Definitions include: "cunt".
hussy	Definitions include: general derogatory term for a female.
*fck off**	Definitions include: to leave; go away.
sheep	Definitions include: a person who follows or mimics others, without thought.
libtard	Definitions include: a person with liberal political beliefs.
trainwreck	Definitions include: a total failure.
flaky	Definitions include: in the manner of a flake, i.e. unreliable.
mundane	Definitions include: pejorative term for a person not involved in fandom.
brown-noser	Definitions include: a person who adopts an overtly friendly attitude towards those in authority in hopes of gaining a more favorable position in the workplace.
tea bag	Definitions include: to place one's scrotum in another person's mouth as a sexual practice.
stig	Definitions include: See chav.
(show 113 more)

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'suck':
bag of suck	Definitions include: something displeasing.
can suck chrome off a tail pipe	Definitions include: to be able to perform fellatio well.
can suck the chrome off a tail pipe	Definitions include: to be able to perform fellatio well.
can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch	Definitions include: to be able to perform fellatio well.
*ccksucker**	Definitions include: a despicable person.
could suck a tennis ball through a garden hose	Definitions include: having great oral sex skills.
*cum guzzling cck sucker**	Definitions include: a cum guzzling cock sucker.
*dck sucker**	Definitions include: mouth.
DSL	Definitions include: acronym for "dick sucking lips."
fart sucker	Definitions include: an obsequious person.
go suck on a nut	Definitions include: a dismissive comment or retort.
screen suck	Definitions include: to browse the internet for many hours while accomplishing little of value.
scum-sucker	Definitions include: a despicable person.
scum-sucking	Definitions include: very bad.
Scum sucking baby raper	Definitions include: A low life degenerate. A swamp dwelling inbred pedophile.
(show 40 more hide)
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
(show 441 more hide)